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vic

vic

52 9.9
A person who is hurt or robbed in a crime
  • noun
  • /vɪk/
  • Jargon
translation icon : víctima
  • After the robbery, the vic was shaken but relieved to be unharmed.
  • vic's wound
  • find the vic
  • look at the vic

Examples

Synonyms

victim
vsvic
1.5

A person who suffers harm, injury, loss because of an accident, crime or trick

is narrower, used only for those harmed by crimes or harmful acts

Surface Forms

vic singular
vics plural

Morphology

vic = victim (transparent) = victim + vicar + Victoria

Informal clipped shortening of 'victim' commonly used in policing contexts and directly interpretable if one knows 'victim'.

Etymology

Vic is an informal short form of victim, used by police and reporters. Think of it as a quick way to name the person who was hurt or robbed in a crime, so vic means the victim of a crime.